Lot sells for big bucks on Ono Island

See-Wee-Roll, a high-end Japanese restaurant specializing in sushi, has leased the 4,847-square-foot former Applebee’s building at 4721 Airport Blvd., in Mobile, and plans to open in late summer, according to Angie McArthur of Stirling Properties who handled the transaction.

The historic St. Louis Street Automobile Alley will soon become home to St. Louis St. Place, a multi-use project at the three corners of St. Louis and Jackson streets in downtown Mobile with Greer’s Fresh on St. Louis market as the anchor store. The developers are Lafayette Land Company based in Mobile and founded by Robert J. Isakson Sr. Lafayette Land Co. specializes in restoration of historic buildings. St. Louis Place will include 29 upscale apartments; 8,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space; and 5,400 square feet of office space in a restored circa 1860 building. Greer’s Fresh will occupy the restored circa 1936 Davis Motor Supply building at 260 St. Louis St. Maurin Architecture in downtown Mobile are the architects for the project.

Local investors paid $750,000 cash for 2.2 acres of waterfront property on Ole River on Ono Island in Orange Beach, according to Lance Steffek of REMAX Paradise, who handled the transaction. The property is on the west side of Ono and includes 1,000 front feet on the river.

Cavender’s western wear outfitter plans to start construction soon on a 15,000-square-foot store on almost 2 acres in Spanish Fort Town Center at 32000 Bass Pro Drive in Spanish Fort, according to Angie McArthur of Stirling Properties, who represented the land owners. The store will be between Urban Air and La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries. Cavender’s has two more stores in Alabama: Huntsville and Birmingham.

The Happy Cajun restaurant and bar has leased 3,997 square feet of retail space in Spanish Fort Town Center in Spanish Fort next to Fairways Indoor Golf Club, and plans to open this fall, according to Angie McArthur of Stirling Properties, who represented the land owners. Amanda Goldman of Stirling Properties worked for the tenant.

The latest new stores in Riviera Square on S. McKenzie Street in Foley are now open: Home Goods, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. The center on 18 acres off Ala. 59 will be anchored by Publix supermarket which is scheduled to open this summer. Burton Property Group in Mobile developed the center.

Developers for Riverside Arbor Walk subdivision off Baldwin County 65 in Foley are seeking planning approval to add a third phase of homes on almost 47 acres with 38 home lots, according to Foley Planning Commission officials.